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CVE-2012-3503

The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value,

The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default secret_token.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.01303
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials
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Affected Products & Versions

2
theforeman katello<= 1.0
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
RubyGems katello CRITICAL fixed in 1.0.6
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD25 Aug 2012 · 10:29 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2012:1186Low
rhsaRHSA-2012:1187Low
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.htmlBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50344Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3Patch
https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499Issue Tracking
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